Palmers Green High School is a private girls' day school located in Hoppers Road, Palmers Green, North London. It consists of three divisions: Preparatory (Reception-Year 2), Junior School (Years 3-6) and the Senior School (Year 7-11). It does not have a sixth form.
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History
The school was founded by Alice Hum, who belonged to the Society of Friends, on 8 May 1905 in 1 Osborne Road, Palmers Green with twelve pupils, eight of whom were in the Kindergarten. In 1907, it expanded by taking the adjoining house on Green Lanes. After a third house was taken, the boy pupils were moved to Avondale Hall, which had been used as a school for girls from 1909-1910.
In 1918, by which time it had 300 pupils and the Boys' School had been phased out, it moved to its current site, Avondale Hall, in Hoppers Road. It has since been extended on that site.
After the outbreak of the Second World War, it continued to provide full-time education and temporarily shared its site with its co-foundation Keble School.
On 19 January 2026, the Board of Governors announced its intention to close the school at the end of the academic year, citing unsustainable finances caused by falling enrollment.
Admissions
Palmers Green is a selective school and the selection process includes assessment, which is in the form of an examination for the senior school, and an interview. A documentary film with the title Modern Times: Testing Times was produced in 1997, showing how some families approached this selection process.
Academics
Palmers Green is one of Enfield's top performing independent schools.
Curriculum
Pupils can choose from the following options of GCSE choices:
History
Geography
French
Art
Drama
Spanish
ICT
Music
This is in addition to compulsory subjects; English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Dual Science Award and a Modern Foreign Language.
Notable former pupils
Stevie Smith, poet and novelist
Dame Flora Robson, actress
Kathryn Prescott, actress
Megan Prescott, actress
Margaret Seward, First Female Chief Dental Officer